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Nancy Grace has come into possession of exclusive neighbor-captured video footage that seemingly shows suspect Steven Gress moving the body of 16-year-old Miranda Corsette, whom he allegedly enticed online.
Previously, CrimeOnline highlighted that Florida teenager Miranda Corsette was declared missing on February 24, after she vanished days earlier. Gulfport authorities stated the 16-year-old, a mother to an 11-month-old, resided with her grandmother, as both her parents had passed away.
At a recent press briefing, St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway shared that Corsette encountered 35-year-old Steven Gress through a dating app. On February 14, he reportedly picked her up from her Gulfport residence, later returning her home that evening.
The next day, she reportedly went back to Gress’s home on her own and stayed there with him and his girlfriend, Michelle Brandes, 37.
On February 20, an altercation broke out, allegedly over missing jewelry, and Corsette was severely beaten. Police believe Corsette was killed sometime between February 20 and 24.
“We have just obtained what we believe to be Steven Gress…..taking her lifeless body to his vehicle and putting it in his trunk,” Grace said during Thursday’s Crime Stories episode.
Grace emphasizes the significance of this footage, stating,
“These are just suspects right now, but I’ll tell you what, if NASA can do it, so can the St. Pete PD—blowing this up and lightening it up to get a look at the face on this guy.”
“This is the State’s exhibit number one.”
Investigators suspect that Gress transported Corsette’s body to his mother’s home in Largo. Police found evidence at the residence indicating that Corsette’s body had been dismembered.
Gress then allegedly drove the body and discarded it in a dumpster at 2893 14th Avenue S.E. in Ruskin.
Gress has been charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in connection with Corsette’s disappearance. At the time of his arrest, he was already in county jail for a March 5 incident, in which he’s accused of pointing a harpoon at Brandes, along with drug possession.
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[Feature Photo: SS via St. Pete PD]